Compiled from staff and wire reports

2 charged with car theft, DUI

DRY RIDGE - Two Northern Kentucky men were jailed after they allegedly stole a Chevy pickup truck, nearly ran over a state trooper and struck a Grant County deputy's cruiser early Thursday.

Robert D. Flege, 18, of Florence, is charged with driving under the influence, reckless driving, possession of marijuana, auto theft and wanton endangerment on a police officer. Christopher M. Webster, 20, of Williamstown, is charged with auto theft.

Both were held in the Grant County Detention Center.

Kentucky State Police officials said the pair stole the car from a Gilbert Avenue residence in Dry Ridge at 2:53 a.m.Thursday. State police and Grant County deputies located the car 90 minutes at the Sunoco station in Dry Ridge and surrounded it.

Trooper Fred Scroggins, who was on foot, was nearly struck when Flege and Webster attempted to escape the parking and then hit a county cruiser, authorities said.

Bald eagle dies during treatment for injury

FRANKFORT - A captive bald eagle on display at a state nature center in Frankfort died from an adverse reaction to an antibiotic, officials said.

The findings, released Thursday, were reached after an autopsy on the bird at the University of Kentucky Animal Diagnostic Center in Lexington, said Dave Baker, a Department of Fish and Wildlife spokesman.

State officials said they noticed the bird's wing was infected in mid-June and called Louisville veterinarian Sam Vaughn for advice. Vaughn administered antibiotics to the eagle in Frankfort and then took the bird to his office after its condition deteriorated, Baker said.

The eagle died June 17. Baker said he does not know if the agency will replace the eagle.

Baker said the eagle was tested for West Nile virus and poisoning. Those tests were negative.

The 20-year-old bird came to the state game farm in 1987 from the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle. The bird had flown into a power line and could no longer fly.

The eagle was on display at a nature center operated by the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resource when its wing became infected.

Former EKU vice president dies

RICHMOND, Ky. - Henry G. Martin, a former vice president at Eastern Kentucky University, died Tuesday at Thomson-Hood Veterans Center in Wilmore. He was 90.

Martin, who was behind the development of several residence halls on campus, was the epitome of a gentleman, said Don Feltner, who served as vice president for university.

"He had a deep love for people and teaching and wanting to help students," Feltner said. "He was kind, considerate and gentle. I don't think I ever saw him lose his temper."

Henry served at Eastern Kentucky from the mid-1950s to 1977, when growth was so evident throughout the campus, Feltner said.

He planned and played a key role in the planning and building of a number of residence halls, one of which was named for him.

Martin was a native of Floyd County and a graduate of Berea College. He served as a Navy lieutenant during World War II. Martin served as assistant superintendent for Floyd County Schools and was principal of Mays Lick High School before going to EKU.